Feeding device for woodworking machinery.



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FEEDING navlcf PoR woonwoRKlNG MACHINERY.

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P. A. SULEIVI. FEEDING DEVICE FOR W'OODWORKING MACHINERY.

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PETER A. SOLEIVI, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOBLTO J'.'A. FAY & EGAN COMPANY, OE CINCINNATI, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF WEST VIRGINIA.

FEEDINGi`l DEVICE FOR WOODWORKING MACHINERY.

, T all 'whom t may concern Be it known that I, PETER A. SoLiiM, a citizen of the `United States, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton' and State of Ohio, have invented" certain new and useful Improvements'in Feeding .De-y

vices for Woodworking Machinery, of which the following is a specification. f

It is the object of my invention to provide novel means whereby the' feed-roll or rolls in wood-working machinery have ro- "tation imparted to them for forwardly feeding the stock across a cutter-head, oifor reversing the direction of rotation of ysaid feed-roll or rolls for feeding ysaid stock in a reverse direction `for the purpose of withdrawing it from the machine; further to provide a swinging feed-roll housing with separate bearings for the feed-roll and with means for adjusting said housing to elevation and for adjusting said bearingsxon said housing for leveling said feed-roll; further to provide novel yielding arrangement for the housingby locating a spring 'above the housing diagonally between a relatively stationary part and the swinging housing,fthe

Vconnection between said spring `and housing being within the arc of swing of the axis of rotation of the feed-roll on said housing; further to provide novel link and cover mechanism for the feed-roll gearing;v further my improved device, the outer plates of the gear-covers being removed. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the saine. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section of the sametaken on the line 4-1 of Fig. 2, the reversingL mechanism being removed. Fig. 5 isfa bottom view,y showing the adjusting mechanism for simultaneousy adjustment ofthe lower feed-rolls, the median longitudinal portion being broken away.` Fig. 6 is a vertical section on the line 6 6 of Fig. 3 showing thereversing mechanism in endelevation. Fig. 7 isaplan section of the same taken on the irregularlineA Specification of Letters Patent.

' on ythe line 9 Patented May a, ieie.

Application filed November 23. 1912. Serial No. 733,128.

7-7'of Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a vertical crosssection yon the line 8--8 of Fig. 2, showing themeans for mounting the upper feed-roll housings. Fig. 9 is a vertical cross-section 9` of Fig. 2, showing one end of the upper and lower feed-rolls and the means for adjusting the same. Fig` 10 is a cross-section on the irregular line 10-10 of Fig. 2, showing the link and gearcover mechanism of the upper feed-roll gearing. Fig. 11 is a perspectiveview of the gearcover Vhaving the link-extension of the gearcover integral. therewith. Fig. 12 is an inside elevation, showing the means for supporting the bearing of the lower feed-roll.

Fig. 13 is a vertical section kon the line 5 2 of Fig. 2, showing the means at one sideof'the machine, for raising and lowering the upper feed-roll housing; and, Fig. 14: is an inside side elevation `of the lower portion of the same;

y11 represents ythe main frame, partly broken" away, of a wood-working machine, *asa planing, planing and matching, yor floorl ing machine, or machine of'similar character, embodying feeding mechanism and a cutting agency or` agencies, so much ofthe machine only being shown as is necessary toillustrate my invention. The main frame f .is arranged 'to support a stock-supportingY table 12, the-'stock being fed across a cutting agency, shown as a rotary cutterhead 13.

l-t represents ya usual side guide, which 'is adjustable crosswise of the machine,

lengthwise of the feed-rolls, as by means of a T-bolt 15 yadjustable in a cross T-slot 16 in the table, a nut 17 clamping the `side guide in adjusted positions, the side guide extending lengthwise of the machine.

, I have illustrated my `invention as applied to a feeding device having a pair of Vfront feed-rolls and a pair of rear feedrolls,V although it is obvious that, in employing portionsy of my invention, one pair of feed-rolls may be employed.

l18, 19, represent-lower feed-rolls, and 20, 21 represent upper feed-rolls. The upper rfeed-rolls are respectively mounted in housings 22, 28, the housing 22 having bearings 24 pivoted on sleeves 25, 26, and the housing 23 having bearings 27` pivoted on said sleeves. The sleeves 'l are mounted inbearings 28, 29, on side slides connected by a cross-saddle 31 rigid"`therewith for forming place, as by screws 37, for ready access V*to said slides and the adjusting screws and nuts therefor.

They forming of the guideways for the upper feed-roll frame upon the outside-*faces kof the main frameV of the machine permits the sides of the main frame to be cast integralwith each other, in other words, permits an integral main frame to be formed,

by placing the parts thereof to be machinedV uponk the outside of the main frame, and the provision of the covering plates for said recess forms pockets in which the slides of the feed-roll frame are adjustable, this con- -struction removing the moving parts from danger of contact with foreign substances.

The adjustment of the feed-roll frame is accomplished by means of screw-rods 38 journaled in bearings 39 in therespective ends ofsaid feed-roll frame. A block 40 is removably mounted in bearings 41, 42, in each side of the main frame, the blocks being threaded as at 43 between said bearings for threaded connection with saidV respective screw-rods, forming removable nutblocks, readily removable when said threads.

are worn. `Each of these screw-rods has on it a worm-wheel 44 meshed by worms 45 on a Vcross-shaft 46 journaled in bearings 47 on the feed-roll frame and having a handwheel 48 thereon for turning the same.

The screwsrods are received in vertical recesses 49 in the side-slides of the feed-roll frame, the screw-rod, nut-lock and guideways at each side of said feed-roll frame being located in coincident vertical planesy projected lengthwise of the machine, providing ease of adjustment. o

At each end of each roll housing, there is a stop 51 which engages with a lug 52 Von the feed-roll frame for Alimiting the downward movement of the upper feed-roll with relation to the plane of the stock-supporting table, the adjustment of the feed-roll frame raising or lowering the upper feed-rolls for different thicknessesof lumber to be planed,

ythe feed-rolls exerting pressure upon the stock and yielding up and down to inequalities of the stock by having the feed-roll housings swing about their pivots.

In order to adjust the respective ends of the upper feed-rolls with relation to each other on said housings, and to adjust the relative elevations of said respective upper feed-rolls, I mount each end of the shaft 53 ofeach of said feed-rolls in a. bearing 54 slidable in a guideway 55 in the swinging end of said housing. For limiting Htheupward movement of theY bearing va hollow bolt 56 is provided, which is threaded in a threaded hole 57-in the housing and arranged to impinge said bearing. A bolt 58 is received through the bore 59 of the hollow bolt and has threaded connection in the threaded socket'60'in said bearing, the head 6l of said bolt being received above and supported by the hollow bolt, the head limiting the downward movement of the bearing in adjusting said bearing. The hollowl bolt forms the positioning means for elevation of the bearing and the inn-er bolt forms the ,means for clampingthe bearing upwardly against saidpositioning means, the bearing being suspended from said Vinner bolt. By these means each end of each of the upper feed-roll shafts is adjusted, whereby the contact line of the periphery of each of said upper feed-rolls'is adjusted with relation to the level of the stock being fed, so that upon unequal wear of the peripheral surface of either of the rolls, the feeding or contact line thereof may be leveled with relation to the other roll, or either of said feed-rolls boldily raised or lowered with relation to the ot 1er. Y

Ihave shown means for driving thekupper as well as the lower feed-rolls forvfeedl ing the stock either forwardly or back. Mv

improved feeding mechanism is especially applicable to planing, planing and matching, and flooring machines, in which `it 1s desired to maintain high rates of feed. y In vmachines of this character, it has been found desirable at'times to remove a board which has been partly fed into the machine. I accomplish this b v novel means for reversing the feed.

65 represents the main drive-shaft' journaled in bearings 66, the inner ones of which are located on a bracket 67 secured to the main frame. The shaft 65 has pulleys 68, 69, 70, received thereabout. The pulley 68 is tight on said shaft, the pulley 69 is loose thereabout', and the pulley 70 is on a sleeve 71 loose about said shaft.

72 is a reversing shaft journaled in bearings 73 on said bracket. A gear-74 isv fast on said reversing shaft and meshes with a gear 75 fast with said sleeve-pulley 70.

76 is a cross-shaft journaled in bearings 77 in the main frame. It has a gear 78 fast thereon. Y

79 is a gear fast on the shaft'. y

8O is a gear on the reversing shaft.

The gears 7 9 and 80 are in mesh with the gear 7 8.

A belt 81 is arranged to pass about the pulleys 68, 69, 70, and arranged to coperate with any of said pulleys, being shiftable latarm 83 which `may also have a `tightener pulley 84 thereon in line `with saidbeltshifter, so thatsaid ybelt-,shifter andtightener pulley may simultaneously acton said belt. i The arm is pivoted by a bearing 85 about a shifter-rod 86 operatedby a handle agencyiorcutting agencies, by a suitable belt 89. lVhen the belt 81 passes aboutthe pulleyl 68, a direct `feed is imparted to the feedrollsby rotating the shaft 76 in 'the .direction of: the arrow a, the transmission of sald `shattbeing `through the shaft `65, the` gear 79 and thegear 7 8, the gears 7 5, 7 el and 80 rotating reversely in idle relation. yWhen in adjusted positions. i 102 into the lower kend of `said stirrup, and

the belt passes about the loose pulley l69, the

feed-rolls are at restiY When ythe belt is caused to pass about the sleeve-pulley 70, rotation is imparted to the shaftf 76 in a direction opposite to the direction ofthe arrow a through the gears 7 5 74C, 8O and 7 8thereby rotating the feed-rolls` in reverse directions for` reversely feeding the stock and drawing the same backwardlv out of the machine. The gear 79, main drive-shaftY and` the pulley 68 inthe meantime rotate infreverse directions inv idle relation, except when the pulley 88 is employed, when the shaft 65 acts as a transmitting shaft. f

My improved construction is such that the 'forward on reverse feeds for the feed-rolls are imparted by a straight belt, and thelchanges l in feeding relations are obtained by asingle belt, which is preferably a straight belt, received about said pulleys andfshiftablev from one pulley to another, thereby economizing in power.` Each of the lower feed-rolls has a shaft -91 journaled yat each end. of the feed-roll in a kbearing 92, slidabley up and down in a guideway 93 in the main frame.

94 is a stirrup from which the bearingis hung, as bya boltl 95,1 rotatable in a'bearing 96 in ther stirrup, and threaded into a threaded socket97 inthe upper part of said i bearing, a set-screw 98 clamping said bolt 101 is an adjusting screw, threaded at journaled in a bearing 103 in the main frame. and held against downward movement by a collar '104.

105 is a bevel-gear fast to the lower end of the adjusting screw. Cross-shafts 106 are `iourna'led inbearings 107 of the main frame. One of these cross-shaftshas `means `thereon for turning the same, as the squared end 108 arranged to receive an adiusting crank. Turning ,of the stirrup is limited by contactfwith the wall 109 ofthe guidey112 is a connecting shaft journaled in bearings 113 of the main frame, and having bevel-gears 114 thereon, these lastnamed bevel-gears meshing with the bevelf gears 105 Lat one side of the main frame.

The turning of the turning means ad justs all of the stirrups simultaneously for adjusting the lower feed-rolls simultaneyously up or down.- The adjustment of the respective roll-shaft bearings with relation lto saidy sti-rrups permits independent adjustmentlof each end of each'of the lower feed-rollsffor alining'the same with relationfto each other, and causing selective projection of the contactline of the periphery of eachk of the lower feed-rolls above the plane of the table, or for alining said contact-lines ofthe 'lower rolls with relation lbut rotates inthe same direction as ysaid shaft, preferablyl at the same speed. The gear 128 ymeshes with the gear 125 and forms one of the transmitting gears for the transmitting train of gearing fordriving the upper feed-rolls. Mounting said gear 128 about said feed-roll shaftrv permits economy in the size of gears and provides a compactr and substantial construction, and avoids thenecessity" of employing ai train of gearing off-set with'relation to said-rollshaft.

129 is a gear mounted `on a stud '130,'the gear v129 meshing with the gear 128 and with'a gear 131 fast on a cross-shaft 123 Iiournaled in the sleeves 25, 26, mounted inr the upper feed-roll frame.

Novel vgear covering and link mechanism is provided for the transmitting gearing between the cross-shaft 76 and the cross-shaft 123. Thus the gear-cover 33 'comprises an inner wall 135, an outer wall'136, and a connecting flange 137 between said walls, the connecting flange having 'an interruption 138 therein. vThis gear-cover has a bearing 139 about the cross-shaft 123 and bearings 140, 141,. in which'thefrespective ends of ther stud '130 arejournaled. A connecting rib 142 integral with said gear-cover connects the bearings 139,144.0,.and a strengthening yoke 143 integral ywith said gearcover connects the bearings 140, 141. The

outer wallfof the gear-cover is shown removable an'd is secured to the fiange by screws A'portion of the saidyoke is formed on' said outer wall and a portion on the inner part of the gear-cover, the yoke portions being rigidly connected by similar screws 144. A gear-cover 147 is provided which comprises an inner wall 148, an outer wall' 149, and a connecting flange v150 between said walls, said flange having an interruption 151 therein which mates with the interruption 138. Cheeks 153 extend from theiange 150 so that the flanges at the respective ends of said interruptions may overlap eachother irrespective of the f swinging relations of said gear-covers. There is further an arc-joint 152 between said gear-covers at said interruptions so as to avoid any detrimental space between said .a portion of said linkbeing formed as a rib Von the wall of said gear-cover and a portion thereof protruding beyond said gearcover and received within the gear-cover 147. The inner wall of the gear-cover 147 is provided with an elongated opening 160 received about the bearing 77 of the cross- Vsha-ft 76 to permit oscillation of said gearcoverl with relation to said bearing. The outer wall of the gear-cover 147 is preferably removable and is secured to the flange of said gear-cover by Vmeans of screws 161.

The lower gear-cover is pivoted about the laxis of rotation of the lower feed-roll 19 and the upper gear-cover and link mechanism is'pivoted about the axis of rotation of the cross-shaft 123. The stud 130 between the said gear-covers follows the movements of said gear-covers for maintaining proper meshing of the gear 129 with the gears 128 and 131, the swinging end of the lower gear- `cover accommodating itself to the movements of adjustment of said gear-covers and having free oscillation about the gears covered thereby. The construction of the mechanism insures complete covering for said gears throughout the range of adjustment of the feed-rolls and forms substantial link mechanism between the` gears.

Gears 165, 166,'are fast on the cross-shaft 123. A gear 167 is fast on the shaft of the upper feed-roll 20` and meshes with the gear 165 and a gear 168 is fast on the shaft of lthe upper feed-roll 21 and-meshes with the gear 166, the said gears on said shafts of said respective feed-rolls being preferably at opposite ends of said feed-rolls.

Novel means are also provided for apply ing pressure to the yielding upper feedroll housings. Each of the upperfeed-roll housings is'pressed downwardly by a coilspring 171, shown as a helical spring, the

said springs being in laterally off-set relaard, a vrnut 178 being vreceived about said threaded end. The lower end of the rodis provided with trunnions 179 received in a trunnion-socketlSl. The springk is diagonally positioned with relation to the housing and acts directly upon a part of thehousing within the arc of` swing of the axis of rotation of the feed-rolltherein,the said arc being indicatedby the broken 'line 182.- It is of course understood that one or more of these yielding mechanisms may beemployed. I have shown two lof these springs and rods, one for each of the roll-housings, the same being located in laterally off-set relation, theirw upper ends crossing each other, preferably outside said arc 182. The innerfends of said.y springs and rods are preferably-within said arc land their outer ends outside said arc. Y

The yielding pressure means shown and described provides compactnessy of structure, permits the feed-rolls tov be placed closely adjacent to eachl other, and equaliz'es the pressure of they rolls upon the stock throughout a wide range of yield of said rolls. The removable half of the lbearings 77 are held in place by bolts 183V threaded into the cross-grit 184 of the main frame. Y

I-Iaving thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a feeding device for wood-working machinery,the combination of a main frame having sides, a feed-roll frame having long side slides extending up and down, a feedroll on said last-named frame, the sides of said main frame being provided with long recesses extending up and down at their outer faces and forming guideways for said side slides, an outer plate secured to one of said frames at' each side of said main frame forming covers for said guideways, a bearing in each of said side slides, a drive-shafty journaled therein, said drive-shaft extending through said sides, side slides and outer plates, a gear on said drive-shaft outside of andV adjacent to each of said outer plates, a feed-roll, and transmitting gearing between one of said ygears and said feed-roll.

2. vIn a feeding device for wood-working machinery, the combination of a lower feedroll, a bearing at each end thereof, guiding means for each of said bearings, a stirr-up formed as an independent member foreach of' said bearings, an adjusting screw between the upper wall of each of said stirrups and the bearing therefor for adjustably hanging said respective bearings from said stirrups and independently adjusting the saine, asecond adjusting screw for each of said stirrups, said last-named adjusting screws having operative connections with the lower ends of said stirrups respectively, and turning means having operative connections with both said last-named adjusting screws for simultaneously raising and lowering said stirrups. e f

3. In a feeding device for wood-working machinery, the combination of a pivoted feed-roll housing, a support therefor, a feedroll rotatively mounted in saidhousing, and pressure means for said feed-roll comprising a coil spring, said pressure means having operative connection with said housing within the circle of the arc of swing of the axis of rotation offsaid feed-roll between the vertical planes parallel to the pivotal axis of said housing in which said pivotal axis and said axis of rotation are respectively located, and the line of said spring extending slantingly between saidoperative connection and said vertical plane in which said pivotal axis is located. e

4. In a feeding device for wood-working machinery, the combination of a pivotal feed-roll housing, a support therefor, a feedroll rotatively mounted in said housing,

pressure means for said feed-roll compris-` ing a coil spring and a thrust-joint between one end of said spring and said housing, said thrust-joint being between the vertical' planes parallel to the yaxis of rotation of said feed-roll and tliefpivotal axis-of said housing in which said axes are respectively located, said coil spring extendingfbetween said support and housing in a slanting line between said thrust-joint and the vertical plane parallel to said pivotal axis in which i said pivotal axis is located, i

5. rIn a feeding device for wood-working machinery, thecombinatio-n of a pair of op-V c positely extending pivoted feed-roll housings, a feed-roll in each of said housings, and coil pressure springs respectively for said housings slantingly arranged with relation to each other, the inner ends of said springs being atliwart of each other in the vertical plane parallel to the pivotalaxes of saidhousings in which said pivotal axes are located, and the operative connections ofthe outer ends of said springs with said housings `being respectively within the. circles of the arcs of swing of the respective axes of rotationl of said respective feed-rolls.

6. In a feeding device for wood-working y machinery, the combination of a pivoted feed-roll housing, a support therefor, a feedroll rotatively mounted in said housing, and

,- pressure means for saidk feed-roll i kcomprisconnection of said pressure meanswith said housing being within the circle of the arcvof v swing of the axis ofrotation of said feedroll between the vertical planes parallel to rthepivotal axis lof said housing in whichl said pivotal axis and said axis lof rotation are respectively located, and the entire line ofthe longitudinal axis of said spring within the limits of said spring lying between planes parallel with said spring and the pivotal axis of said housing respectively intersecting said pivotal axis and tangent to said circle. v i

7. In a yfeeding device for wood-working machinery, the combination of an upper feed-roll, means for adjusting rsaid upper feed-roll up and down, driving means for said upper feed-roll comprising a driving gear, a driven gear operative for rotating said upper feed-roll, and an intermediate gear, andgear covers for said gears, said gear-covers respectively pivoted at their separated ends about theaxes lOf rotation of said driving gear and said driven gear, said gear-coversy at their adjacent ends being crossingly arranged and -provided with a bearing about the axis lof rotation of said intermediate gear for the support of said intermediate gear and the pivotal yconnection of said covers.

8, In a feeding device for wood-working machinery, the combination of an upper feed-roll, means for adjusting said upper feed-roll up and down, driving means ,for

geaigandcovering meansfor said gearsl comprising a plurality of gear-covers, said gearcovers respectively pivoted at their sepa- IOC rated ends about the axes of rotation of said i drivinggear and said driven gear,ltlie adjacent ends ,of said gear-covers being crossingly arranged and provided with a bearing about the axis of rotation of said inter- N mediatey gear, said gear-covers having an arc-joint between them.

` In afeeding devicefor wood-working machinery, the combination of a main frame, an upper feed-roll, a driven-gear for the latter, a rgear on said mainr frame, an intermediate gear between said first-named gears, anda pairy of gear-'covers between and having pivotal connection about said firstnamedgear and said second-named gear, oneofsaid gear-covers comprising an intef gral link-extension received within the other of said gear-covers, ysaid link-extension and said other of said gear-covers having pivotal bearings about the axis of rotation of said intermediate gear.

10. `In afeeding device for wood-working f machinery, the combination of amain frame,

xnamed'gear and said second-named gear,

one of said gear-covers comprising an integral link-extension received within the other of said gear-covers, said link-extension and said other of said gear-covers having pivotal bearings about vthe axis of rotation of said intermediate gear, said gear-covers haringV an arc-joint between them, and said arcjoint comprising lapping flanges.

11. In a feeding device for wood-working machinery, the combination of a main frame, an upper feed-roll, a driven-gear for the latter, a driving gear on said main frame, a pair of intermediate gears between said first-named gears, and a pair of gear-covers having pivot bearings about three of the axes of rotation of said gears, the bearings about one of said axes of rotation forming articulating connection between said gearcovers. y

12. In a feeding device for wood-working machinery, the combination of a main frame, an upper feed-roll, a driven-gear for the latter, a driving gear on said main frame, a f

pair of intermediate gears between said rst-named gears, and a pair of gear-coversy located about allV of saidr gears and having pivot-bearings about three ofthe axes of rotation of said gears, the bearings about one of said axes of rotation forming articulating connection between saidV gear-covers, the part of the gear-cover received about the remaining one of said gears being shiftable crosswise of the axis of rotation of the same. y l

13. In a feeding device for wood-working machinery, the combination of a main frame, an upper feed-roll, a driven-gear for the latter, a driving gear on said main` frame, a pair of intermediate gears between said first-named gears, and a pair of gearcovers having pivot-bearingsabout three of the axes of rotation of said gears, the bearings about one of said axis of rotation forming articulating connection between said gear-covers, one of said gear-covers comprising a link-extension rigid therewith received within the other of said gear-covers, said extension having one of said'pivotbearings thereon.

14. In a feeding device for wood-working machinery, the combination of a main frame, an upper feed-roll, a driven-gear f or the latter, a driving gear on said main frame, a pair of intermediate gears between said first-named gears, and a pair of gearcovers comprising flanges and outer platesV ings about one of said axes of rotationformf-Y ing articulating connection between said gear-covers, and the part of the gear-cover received about the remaining one of said gears being sliiftable crosswise ofthe axis of rotation of the same.

i 15. In a feeding device for wood-working `machinery', the combination of a main frame, an upper feed-roll, a driven-gear for the latter, a driving gear on said main i frame, a pair of intermediate gears between said first-named gears, and a pair of gearcovers having pivot-bearings about three of the axes of rotation of said gears, the bearings about one of said axes of rotation forining articulating connection between said gear-covers, the part of the gear-cover received about the remaining one of said gears being shiftable crossw'ise of the axis of rotation of the same, said gear-covers comprising flanges and outer plates received about said gears, and an arched reinforce-rib on one of said gear-covers, anges and outer plates connecting the pivot-bearings thereon.

upper feed-roll frame, a feed-roll thereon, a

drive-shaft therefor journaled in said feedroll frame, a gear on each of said driveshafts, a pair of intermediate gears, a pair Vof gear-covers, one of said gear-covers having a pivot-bearing coincident with the axis lof rotation of said second-named driveshaft, the other of said gear-covers having a pivot-bearing about the axis of rotation of one of said intermediate gears, and said gear-covers 'articulated together about the axis of rotation of the other of said intermediategears, said gear-covers comprising plates at the outside of said gears.

17.v In a feeding device for wood-working machinery, the combination of a main frame, a lower feed-roll journaled therein, an upper feed-roll frame, an upper feedroll thereon, a gear on said feed-roll frame for driving said upper feed-roll, and a gear loose about the axis of rotation of said lower feed-roll for driving said last-named gear.

'18. In a feeding device for wood-working machinery, the combination of a main frame, an upper feed-roll frame adjustable thereon, a feed-roll housing, an upper feedroll therein, a drive-shaft therefor on said feed-roll frame, a gear on said drive-shaft, an intermediate gear for driving the same, a pivoted gear-cover about said gears, said gear-cover having a pivot-hub aboiit said drive-shaft, a bearing on said feed-roll frame for said hub, and a bearing for said housing on said hub, substantially as described.

19. In a feeding device for Wood-working machinery, the combination of adrive-shaft,y feed-rolls, driving means between said driveioo shaft :incl feed-rolls, driving gear on said drive-shaft7 a, pair of driving pinions in nmned shaft, and a sleeve loose about saidr last-named shaft to which the third of said pulleys is secured,` a gear fasten seid sleeve,

and 'si geur in operative engagement With said last-named gear fast on the other shaft of said pair of shafts7 for the purpose described.

In testimony Whereof,1y have hereunto signed my navmein the presence of two subn scribing Witnesses.

PETER A. SOLEM.

Witnesses CHARLES E. WEBER, THERESA SILBER.

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